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To be submitted no later than 31 May of each year.
Sweden 2025 (covering 2024) Part I 1. Is your country a State Party to the 1996 Amended Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices annexed to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW)? Yes (deposit of instrument of ratification 16 July 1997). If yes:
2. Please attach the most recent annual report submitted by your country in accordance with Article 13 of the Amended Protocol or give the appropriate electronic address for the report. Please see CCW AP II annual report database available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/ccw-amended-protocol-ii/national-annual-reports- and-data-base/ccw-apii-database/ If no:
3. Is your country considering ratification/accession to the Amended Protocol II? N/A 4. What measures have been taken to prevent the indiscriminate use of mines, booby-traps and other devices? Please see CCW AP II annual report, Form D, last submitted 2009, available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/ccw-amended-protocol- ii/national-annual-reports-and-data-base/ccw-apii-database/ 5. Would your country be interested in receiving assistance related to the implementation of this Protocol? If so, please describe. No. 6. Does your country have the capacity to assist others related to this Protocol? If so, please describe. Please see CCW AP II annual report Form E available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/ccw-amended-protocol-ii/national-annual-reports- and-data-base/ccw-apii-database/ -2-
Part II 7. Has your country ratified or acceded to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction? Yes (deposit of instrument of ratification 30 November 1998 with entry into force 1 May 1999). 8.(a) If yes, please attach the most recent report submitted by your country in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention or give the appropriate electronic address for the report. Please see APLC annual article 7 report database available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/anti-personnel-landmines-convention/article-7- reports/. (b) If no, is your country considering ratification/accession to the Convention? N/A. (c) Has your country adopted legislation to address the humanitarian objectives of the convention, or taken any specific measures regarding the use, production, storage, transfer and destruction of anti-personnel landmines? In case a moratorium has been introduced, what is its scope and duration and when was it introduced? Please see APLC annual article 7 report database, Form A, last submitted 2009, available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/anti-personnel- landmines-convention/article-7-reports/. 9. Does your country have any specific measures in place to provide assistance to victims? Please see APLC annual report database article 7, Form J, available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/anti-personnel-landmines- convention/article-7-reports/ 10. Does your country require assistance in mine clearance, stockpile destruction, mine awareness and/or victim assistance? If so, please describe. No. 11. Does your country have the capacity to assist others in mine action? If so, please describe. Please see APLC annual report database article 7, Form J, available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/anti-personnel-landmines- convention/article-7-reports/ OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR
To be submitted on a voluntary basis along with the OSCE Questionnaire on Anti-personnel Mines no later than 31 May each year.
Sweden 2025 (covering 2024)
1. Has your country notified the Depositary of its consent to be bound by the 2003 CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) once it enters into force? Is your country considering doing so? Yes, (Sweden notified the Depositary of its consent to be bound by the 2003 CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War [ERW] on 2 June 2004). 2. If yes, at what stage is the process? The process is fully implemented. 3. Would your country be interested in receiving assistance in clearing or otherwise minimizing the risks and effects of ERW? If so, please describe. No. 4. Does your country have the capacity to assist others in clearing and minimizing the risks and effects of ERW? If so, please describe. In the Swedish contribution to mine action, ERW is included. Please see Form E of the national CCW Protocol V report covering 2024, available at the following website: https://www.un.org/disarmament/ccw-protocol-v-on-explosive-remnants-of- war/national-reporting-and-database/